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half broader than long, slightly narrowed anteriorly, the sides 

 nearly straight, with an extremely narrow thickened margin, only 

 obsoletely flattened in front of it, the anterior angles slightly 

 mucronate, the surface entirely impunctate, pale flavous or 

 testaceous ; scutellum black ; elytra not perceptibly punctured, 

 black, very shining, nearly parallel, the lateral margins narrowly 

 and an equally narrow transverse band at the middle, flavous; 

 under side and legs black ; the metatarsus elongate, the claAv-joint 

 but slightly SAvoUen. 



Hah. Peru. 



The comparatively long thorax, the nearly straight and 1mt 

 slightly flattened sides, in connection Avith the very narroAv and 

 straight elytral pale band at the middle, AA-ell distinguish this 

 species from others similarly marked. 



AsPHiERA MACULICOLLIS, Sp. n. 



Black, the antenna? obscure fuh-ous ; thorax pale testaceous 

 Avith a transverse jDiceous band, the sides straight ; elytra entii-ely 

 impunctate, metallic green, the lateral margins and a transverse 

 narroAv band at the middle flaA^^ous ; claw-joint distinctly SAvollen. 



Length 5 millim. 



Smaller than the preceding species; the elytra more Avidened at 

 the middle, with a broader lateral reflexed margin ; the head Avith 

 a single puncture close to the eyes, black at the vei'tex, the lower 

 portion stained Avith flavous, the frontal eleA'ations broad, tri- 

 gonate, divided by a deep narroAv groove ; clypeus strongly 

 raised ; antenna? dark fulvous, the third and fourth joints very 

 elongate, the folloAAdng joints shortei- ; thorax AA'ith nearly straight 

 lateral margins, the sides flattened, the anterior angles mucronate; 

 the disc impunctate, AAdiitish, with a narroAv transA^erse piceous 

 band ; scutellum black ; elytra with broad flattened lateral 

 mai'gins, impunctate, metallic green, the flattened sides and a 

 transA'erse narroAV band at the middle pale yellowish ; beloAV 

 and the legs black; metatarsus elongate; claAV- joint distinctly 

 thickened. 



Hob. Peru, Marcapata. 



Separated by the sculpture aiid colouring of the head and that 

 of the antennae, the thoracic transverse band, and colour of the 

 elytra. The general size is smaller than that of the allied species, 

 A. nohilitata Fab. is of difl:erent coloration, although the elytral 

 pattern is similar and the claAv- joint is scarcely swollen. A. clisco- 

 fasciata Baly is another closely allied species, but has differently 

 coloured antennte, rounded sides of the thorax, finely punctured 

 elytra, and their transA^erse band broad, not narrow. 



ASPH^RA APICALIS, Sp. n. 



Black or piceous, the basal joints of the antennee and the 

 clypeus flaA^ous ; thorax impunctate, fuh^ous or flavous ; elytra 

 greenish-peneous or purplish, impunctate, the lateral margins, 

 a transverse band at the middle, a spot near the scutellum, 



